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Occupational Safety and Health Act — Article 43 (Verification of implementation of hazard prevention plans)

산업안전보건법 제43조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-08-01) — check the Korean original.

(1) A business owner who has had a hazard prevention plan reviewed pursuant to Article 42(4) shall obtain verification from the Minister of Employment and Labor regarding the implementation of such hazard prevention plan, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

(2) Any business owner prescribed in the proviso, with the exception of the subparagraphs, of Article 42(1) shall directly verify the implementation of a hazard prevention plan, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor; provided, where an employee dies during the relevant construction works (excluding cases prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, including a traffic accident), a business owner shall obtain verification from the Minister of Employment and Labor regarding the implementation of a hazard prevention plan, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

(3) Where the Minister of Employment and Labor finds that measures for preventing hazards and dangers have not been taken according to a hazard prevention plan based on the results of verification prescribed in paragraph (1) and the proviso of paragraph (2), he or she may order necessary measures, such as improving, and ceasing the use of, facilities, etc. or suspending the relevant work, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

(4) The procedures and methods for improving, and ceasing the use of, facilities, etc. or suspending the relevant work prescribed in paragraph (3), and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

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